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THE LownotTIOUTENATS: ; %%,11.Y" EXTRACTS FROM TIE - i/fORNINCI PA.PERS, • . APRIL 18, 186, [THE 'min.] With the most sorrowful feelings we' have this day to point the attention 'of, the Public to such scenes of suffering ,as probably never before occurred in any civi lized country. , Ireland has been So . governed as hardly', to come within that description ' • but even Ireland it self, whether civilized or barbarous, did not suffer greater misery, even at that period: when the sympa thies of Englishmen were so strongly excited, than is now sustained- by no inconsiderable portion of our fellow-subjects on British ground. In few words, the manufacturers of Blackburn in Lancashire are perish ing through hunger. Let any one reflect but, for a moment, silently m his own bosom, what aggravated woes are contained in these three short words, " dying of want ;" and then he will not need much out-of door eloquence to melt his pity, and to draw forth his charity, for the thousands who are in so dreadful a state, for the poor manufacturers of Blackburn in Lancashire, and the adjoining ,districts. We do not seek 'to provoke indibmation, but to excitocompassion. It was but the other day, and while the famine was raging among the poor manufacturers of Blackburn in Lancashire, that an attempt was made, and even car ried in the affirmative, to assign to the President of the Board of Trade an annual salary of five thousand pounds, The project, howevei, was stopped : let Government, therefore, immediately send down to Blackburn only the amount of the first year's stipend thus rescued---(it will not be much when it comes to be divided among fourteen thousand starving persons) and the humanity of individuals will do more. How lucky that the. first five thousand, pounds was.saved for this wBrk of charity. The President of the Board of Trade may have fifteen thousand a year for any thing we care, when trade flourishes: but let the plague of famine.be stayed .forthwith, by the application of the first year's salary, There is no time. to lose. The documents by which the truth of the preceding state meat is substantiated, and to be found in this day's journal, are, first, a letter from the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, a gentleman long resident in the place ; next, the pe tition of the poor sufferers themselves to Mr. Peel ; and lastly, the proceedings of a public meeting held in the Sessions-house of Blackburn on the 7th instant, as detailed in the columns of the Blackburn Mail, a respectable: Government paper. It is from these that the following extract is made : " township of Blackburn has been•divided into sixteen districts,' and visitors appointed to call at every house, in order to ascertain the want.; of the really tweet tc4ous poor. The task was a most arduous one to perform, and many were the heart. rending seenetrof distress whielt they were compelled to witness. Some families they found without food, money, or work. During the last nine weeks, about rot , ItTEErf TBOUSAND 14D1V11)1!Af..9 . (more titan lla4 the population of the town ship) hive been relieved weekly with food ; and as the appli cation for relief are on the increase, without there being a pros. pect of immediate employment for the poor, the Committee up. pointed to distribute the fund t," rnestly solicit the contributions of the benevolenno feed the hungry at titisisresSing season of distress. The poor have received the relief with thankfulness, and expressed their ardent gratitude fur the bounty of the public; and many of them have declared, that the ant of the aubecriptions have preserved them from entire starvation:" With respect to the petition, drawn up in very artless language, and therefore the more affecting, the poor sufferers attribute their distress to the mechanical in ventions, and more especially the power-looms, by which the necessity Of inamml labour has been dim.- rtished ; and . to the corn kws. In relation to the first of these subjeCts of complaint, We must observe—that if we were not to avail ourselves of all the mechanical discoveries that are made, our neighbours and rivals would ; they then would undersell us : in our own mar kets, and manufacturing WOUld absolutely cease among US perhaps, ,if We were fret; to choose, whether any new mechanical discovery should be niadc or not, we fuigyetifsPend our judginent ; but the disco Very being nuide, we must apply it : no change, therefore, can be made in this respect. Against the corn laws the complaititlS well-fOunded and just. Our manufactures are Ong . from us, because the foreign rriatiufactUrer .can undersell Us : and he can undersell us, because his journeynieli require less wages';' and they require less wages, because bread, and the other necessaries of life are cheaper abroad tbau in EnglancL Still it must be observed, that if bread. were sunk at .once to a very low value, the , farmer;' who pays his labourers and his rent from the price which he receives for his corn and' other rural products, must employ fo,wer hands; distress would then fall upon the agricultural labourer: Some management is therefore necessary on this head, though nothing can equal the iniquity of -those, who,'hy sane- timing all the evtravagance of Govermnent, have ren dered, the, high price of corn to a certain degree neces sary, in order that the land-owner may be able to pay' those taxes out of which the extravagance is supported. It will be seen by an advertisement, that Mr.' Ward, a merchant .unl Bank Director, hes been requested to beeOnie a candidate to repreSent Ilse City in the next Parliament, and that be has signified his intention to comply with the requisition. Ag. nst Mr. Ward per senally,we have ,not .one word to say : he is, we be,, lieve, very respectable 'gentleman, . and is, inorcos'er, a nephew of the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance.' Btrt the ,list l of 'persons, who call upon Mr. 'Ward to stand' forward, cannot' claiM equal' exemption from remark, It is obserVable that the great majority consists : of men. who are,not liverymen, who have no connOxion with the CorporalOn of LOndon, who, in fact, are not citizens in the proer Sense of the word, as ,tbay , neither live in the City, nor perform any of ,th9se,useful and laborious offices, for . the due excputiew of which the City Charter was granted, and for, I.) . e' neglect of die 'Charter would certain ly ky4 . , forfeited. • These men, thus unconnected with the CorporatiOn, apply to a gentleinari equally uncon nected to represent the Chattered Body in the House, of. : Uonamons. This we flunit neith e r just nor deco rang: It is fit and reasonable that those persons whose lives have been spent 'in labouring for the service of their, fellow liverymen should rev such honours antiliiWardti f- ai3 the liverymen, have in their power to beSiejf. , interloper, whatever 'may'. he his per sonattreiits, should dirdst hiMself into a society upon which be his no just claim, to rob any really efficient meinbt:ti; of that society of his 4uanturn meruit. We know• it will be said, that a great mercantile commu nity`orrdht, to , be represented •by eminent merchants : but is it • not a fret, that the merchants as • a body, and even in their, distinct and separate classes; are , u ,, p )y r epresented, both AS tp number 'and 7intelli , gone 7 The Bank and East India House have each of the r m numerous, and by no means inefficient Organs to enforce or protect their respective privileges ; and while :Mai men as Baring, 'Ellice, Grenfell, Hudson, Gurney, Philips, John Smith, and Whitmore, sit in the House of Conmions, there is no branch of trade or merchandise that can entertain any just apprehen aici thit its particular rights or interests will be either misunderstood or disregard ed. is Such be ing the case, the )•question of acity. election re solves itself into a very short and intelligible issue. There, Are certain-- laborious until highly useful functions =which uruperformed,- and -can . only be performed, by members of the .Corporation.— To those who by their zeal, industry, and talent, have risen to the highest of these offices, it has been usual, as it is most just, to award the honourable distinction of representing in Parliament that body which they have long and faithfully served. Is there any good and sufficient reason for violating this equitable prin ciple ? Why should those who refuse to do the duty of citizens,—nay, who reject all the subordinate ho nours with disdain,—thrust themselves forward at the eleventh hour to claim the highest prize of all, and shoulder aside the meritorious labourer, whose whole life has been dedicated to the service of his civic breth ren, and who naturally aspires, at the close of his la bours, to that remuneration which is at once the cheapest and best appreciation of public merit. We trust that the livery will not be unmindful of this view of the subject ; that they will show they are not with out gratitude for their best and most constant friends ; and that they will not suffer any motives of vanity or caprice to lead them into new and strange connexions with persons who usually treat them with scorn, and only court them when some great advantage is to be gained.—(Mid). Our Journals contains two extremely curious and important documents, in relation 'to Popery strictly so called ; that is, in relation to the power and preten sions of the Pope, not to the doctrines of the Catholic religion as existing partly in the New Testament and partly in the traditions and inventions of man. Four teen Archbishops and Bishops of France have drawn. up and presented to the King of France, by the hands of three of their body, a declaration asserting the independence of the Gallican Church ; and re futing certain doctrines advanced by the Abbe de la Mennais, according to which the Pope can deprive sovereigns of their crowns for infidelity, &c. The declaration, which is published in the official part of the Moniteur, is, indeed, in substance, the same as two of the celebrated propositions maintained by the French clergy in 1682, which two propositions were as fol lows :-1. God neither gave to St. Peter nor his suc cessors any power, direct or indirect, over temporal af fairs.-72. The rules, usages, and practice, received in the kingdom and in the Gallican Church, ought to remain un alterable. The Archbishop of France has refused to sign the declaration before us, for reasons which he has laid before his Majesty hi private : but he approves of the Maxims it maintains. The Archbishop appears to us to be but a shifty gentleman. Thus, it appears then that the French clergy have no sooner—through arts which we shall not now take time to describe—ob tained a certain degree of . power, than they have to quarrel for the possession or exercise of it, with a certain animal living across the Alps, unknown to Our Saviour or his disciplc,i4,called a Pope : a successor of St. Peter ! Alas ! poor St. peter : he little thought he was to have such a successor ! We Protestants are glad of this occurrence. It may afford us some amusement, and much sincere joy. that we belong to a reformed church far removed from such absurdities. Now what can his Infallibility the Pope do, when he reads this saucy declaration of the French bishops ? He must excommuniate them, or else be is nothing of a Pope : and then we shall have the unity of the church prettily preserved by means of an Infallible Head ! It is rather singular, that just at the time when the declaration of the French Brelates is published, there should appear in the russels paper, a. docummit professing to be uttered at Rome ; and putting forth the most extravagant pretensions on the part of. the .Pope and the Papal ' clergy; placing them indeed above thrones and princi palities, The opinion that emanates with this produc tion, and accompanies it into the world, is that it is spurious. Our own suspicion is, that it come forth in an. unofficial form, only that it may be disowned or .acknowledged, as its principles seem to be rejected or allowed by the subjects of Roman Catholic states: In truth,. its pretensions are very little more extravagant than those which are combatted in the declaration Of the French prelates.—(lbid.) [MORNING CHRONICLE.] It would seem that the Lord Chancellors of this country are doomed to suffer from their servants. Who has not heard of the liberties taken with suitors by Lord Bacon's servants ? But the officers of the Court of Chancery have, it seems, been conspiring to lower their venerable head in the estimation of - the public, by giving out that they had his Lordship's orders for excluding Reporters from the Court of Chancery. 'What inference could have been drawn from such an order, but that his Lordship was con scious there was something in the proceedings of his Court which would not bear the light of day ? In deed we afe sorry to say the most ill-natured surmises have been thrown out, ever since the report of the pro hibition took wind ; for the belief in the reality of the order was universal, no,one conceiving, for a moment, that such a liberty would be taken with his Lordship's name, as the imputing to him such a proceeding would amount to. It was distinctly said, by the Soli citor General, " That the statement, that an order had been made for excluding Reporters, was wholly with out foundatiim." It wan observed by -Mr. Abercrom hie, 'who 'presented a Petition from Mr. 'Farquharson, which lea to the above explanation, that " th e pre sring of the Petition would, at least, have this g oo d e bet—it would, in all probability, have the effect of preventing the authority of a Judge from being abused by those who say they act under his directions,"-- A moment's reflection will satisfy any one that the Lord Chancellor could never have issued an order for excluding Reporters. Why should his Lordship be anxious to keep the public in ignorance respecting his proceedings ? It is very true, that the promises to give judgments on particular days, and postponements when the days come, and further postponements and promises look very curious when set down in .black and vy like. But then the public are so used to these things, that it would be almost a disappointment,' were his Lordship, at the twelfth hour as it were, to depart from the practice of his judicial life. If his Lordship had all his life, till now, been prompt to judge, then there might have been some reason for his wishing to conceal his infirmity from the public. Be sides, even allowing that the general attention has been more directed to his Lordship's movements of late than formerly, and that dissatisfaction has been pretty loudly expressed, it is well known that his Lordship is perfectly , satisfied that he has never delayed s u it ors unnecessar il y, an d i t i s a l so well known, that t h oug h hi s Lordship is all sensibility when oth ers are attac k e d , h e b ears a ll attacks against himself with the most delightful equanimity. It is quite impoprible, therefore, that the Chancellor him self could have given the' order. But in the course of the discussion on the presenting Mr. Farquharson's Petition', ,other.thingis,came out. We think we could gather from what fell from Mr. Scarlett and the Chan eellor of the Exchequer, that though the Lord Chan cellor may be anxious to be before the Public, there is a feeling, among the Judges in general to exclude the Public AS much as possible, and this feeling led to the orders , given to Mr. Soane, by which " the ac commodation for the Bar, was extremely slight, and that for the Public still worse." If this be not cor rect, strange liberties were taken with those venerable personages last night. [MORNING HERALD.] Several Heads of Houses ' Professors, Tutors, Lecturers,- Fellows, and other Members of the Uni versity of Cambridge, have taken a sudden alarm at some supposed violation of the purity of election at that seat of learning ; and two of them, a Dr. Lamb and the Professor of Botany (whom some of the young wags, for that reason, designate Lamb and Mint Sauce), have actually been at the joint labour of writing and publishing a pamphlet, of some ten or a dozen pages, upon the subject. It is quite exhilirating to see purity beginning at the fountain's head, for " Sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque kfundis, acescit." But our Readers will probably feel somewhat disappointed when they learn that all this fuss is about a very insignificant matter, but one which these learned persons have thought worthy of a long and wordy protest—viz. that it has been discovered that candidates have now and then been known to pay the travelling charges of bringing some of their distant friends to th e poll. With all our love of purity and independence, we have not, we confess, been able to discover any great sin in this. It might be a mighty convenient doctrine were the resident Members of the University thus able to shut out and disfranchise the greater num ber of their non-resident brethren ; but as we are not quite sure that book wisdom and practical wisdom are the same thing, or that monkish seclusion from the world is that whic l best qualifies men.to decide' upon its most important concerns, we would rather of the two hazard the opprobrium of seeing the out-voters brought up at the expence of the candidates, than that the elective franchise should fall exclusively into the hands of the kind of persons we allude to. These learned persons, to establish the position they are contending for, have thought proper to publish some facts, which we suspect they would have been highly indignant at the disclosure of from any foreign quarter. Among other things they state that, at the last elec tion, " one Member of the Senate (not a poor man) modestly demanded and was paid the expence of his journey to the poll, together with those incurred for a week's entertainment of his wife and family at a hotel ; that another produced a bill for the expences of certain excursions, which, in the abundance of his zeal, lie was pleased to undertake in the functions of a canvasser ; that a gentleman who came to Cain bridge in his own carriage, both demanded and received payment for the expence of posting there and back ; and that a candidate has been applied to by gentlemen. [we presume the appellation is used in courtesy] who have declared their willingness to vote for him, provided the expence of taking their Mas ter of Arts' degree is first paid by the candidate." Theae are awkward circumstances certainly and might lead one to fear, either that minds are not always im bued with high principles of honour, and virtue in the shades of Academus, or else that the seed, having been sown on stony ground, springs up and speedily perishes. But, seriously speaking, do the fifty or sixty ,grave persons, who have put their names to this declaration, really believe that the world cannot see through such solemn trifling as this ? Do they suppose that the parents of youths, who are spending their time in the wanton vice and extra vagance which is known to exist openly both at Cambridge and Oxford, must not despise this chaf fering. about minor points, while the more import ant evils, which they so feelingly lament, pass un heeded and unredressed ? But humbug is the all-per vading mania of the day, with which the docti and in docti, are, it is clear, equally infected. But this mighty disinterested and patriotic proposal, it would seem, is not likely to be of much avail; for the Committee of one of the candidates having refused to accede to it, the others, like the apothecary, must permit their ne cessity to .yield a compliance with what their will and their convenience would alike reject. In the mean time we would recommend to Dr. Lamb and the Botanical Professor, as a solace to their iterary fatigues, a herbarizing excursion ; or, if ve tetation be not sufficiently advanced to furnish food or the one 'or specimens for the other, the fanner, ristead of those of the field, may disport himself among he flowers of rhetoric, and the latter betake himself to he equally pleasing task of " culling simples." REMARKABLE DAY."-This is the anniversary of the deaths of James Leland, the antiquary, 1552 ; Judge Jefferies, in the Tower, 1689 ; Charles Pratt, Earl Camden, 1794 ; and Dr. Erasmus Darwin, 1802. AWFUL SUDDEN DiATII OF THE DRIVER OF TIIE DOVER MAIL.—It seldom occurs to us to have to record a more melancholy instance of sudden death than that of the present. On Sunday, evening, JOSEPH TYRRELL, who for some time . drove the mail in question, took his seat on the coach box in apparent health and spirits, in fact, so much so, that he joked with several of his friends. On arriving at Shooter's Hill, the attention of the guard was particu larly called towards him, at the bottom - of which the deceased dropped the reins, and the guard caught them up, at the same time putting , his arm roun d the de ceased's body. In this.situation they reached the Red Lion, at 'Bexley Heath, Where the guard called for assistance, which' was instantly afforded. The de ceased was lifted from the coach, and taken into the house, when medical aid was sent for, which as promptly attended, and the deceased was bled in both arms, but without effect. Every attention.was paid to the unfortunate man until five o clock in the morning, when his soul winged its flight to Heaven, the Medi cal gentlemen, anti every person in, the house, having been 'in attendance on him for upwards of eight hours, the dreadful circumstance having occurred about nine o'clock. It is a fact worthy of notice, that so instan taneously must have been the shock, that the pupil of the eye remained, after death, possessed of the most bright, and, if we may use the term, ." life-like ap pearance." Every praise is due to those persons who were immedi a t e l y concerned ; and it is but fair to state, that th e poor man b ore a mos t exemp l ary cha racter, n o t on l y for sobriety, but for Careful and ex pert driving. The body lies for the' Coroner's Inquest, at the Red Lion, at Bexley, Yesterday there was exhibited in a gardener's shop -window, at Hammersmith, a small plant, in a garden pot, a new kind of the Camelia Japonica, for which only two guineas were asked ! UNITED CHILIAN COMPANY. . . Yesterda Meeting, of . the'Bhareholders in the United Ch iliad Mining Conipany took place at the George and Vulture.Tavent, Cornhilli for the „ purpose of receiving the deposits which had been paid upon the shares they held in the Company. At twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for tsking - the Chair, all • the Shareholders ivere assembled, and perhaps the district of Duke's-place never poured out three or four 'dozen of ,meaner ob jects than were mixed up on the occasion with the noble persons whose names had been lent to give the Company a character.— At half-past twelve o'clock some impatience was manifested, but Captain Conzon, Lord Trvinnot's son, soon afterward's en tered the room, and assured the Shareholders that his father was detained by an unforeseew'occurrence, but would be certainly at their command at two o'clock. At half-past one o'clock his Lordship arrived, and immediately took the Chair. He addressed the gentlemen around him. He regretted that there had been no disposition manifested upon the part of any of the Directors, with the exception of himself and his son, and Mr. Annichini, to meet the proposal of the Shareholders. He had merely to repeat, that he and his son were ready to contribute their shares of the deficiency which had been camplained of. The circumstance of the bankruptcy of Mr. Hendricks, the projeCtor of the Company, had, of course, interfered with the arrangements for paying off the deposits. Under all the circumstances, he thought it would be advisable to draw the money which was in the hands of the bankers, and distribute it amongst the Shareholders as far as it would go. It was calculated that the amount iu the hands.of the bankersswould pay 3/. 4s. per share, and afterwards an exertion might be made to induce all the Directors to pay up the deficien cies, which amounted to 1/. 6s. per share, so that the Share holders might be at no greater loss than 10s. per share.—This statement excited considerable disapprobation. A Shareholder declared, that he had expected from what oc curred at the last meeting, that 4/. 10s. would he paid upon the shares this very day. He expected that the Directors would have assembled immediately after it was known that the share holders were dissatisfied, for the purpose of making up the defi ciency ; but after all, the shareholders ivere as badly off as ever. Lord TEYNHAM said the fact was, they formed no company at all. Mr. Hendricks was the proprietor of what was called the Company, and had taken the whole responsibility upon himself, and he (Lord Teynham) and his son had signed the draughts for the 1,0001. of the money subscribed, merely for the purpose of dissolving it. He hoped the shareholders would take the Si. 10s. per share ; if not, they must adopt whatever course they thought most advisable. Mr. ANNICITINI said, the shares ought to be paid off at par. He would do all he could to accomplish that object. A Shareholder.—My Lord, I say I must have my property. If you von't pay me, I must go in my own vas to get it. It's a shame, my Lord—it's a shame. Another Shareholder said, that the Directors might, if they pleased, look to Mr. Hendricks, but the shareholders must look to the Directors, and to them alone. It was understood that the money would be forthcoming this day, and now another post ponement was aimed at. Was this worthy of a Nobleman ? Lord Trirsitam repeated, that he was willing to pay his pro portion of the deficiency complained of ; but he begged to know whether any one present thought him to be such an ass as to pay what ought to be contributed by nine Directors. He knew nothing of the gentlemen in the direction, with the exception of his own son ; and he had signed the draught while on a sick bed. God Almighty knew he derived no profit from the trans action ; and God knew that he most earnestly wished he had never heard a word about the company.—(A laugh.) Several Shareholders said, they expected to get the whole of their money back. Lord TEYNHAM.—I shall do as I have stated. You would not be so unreasonable as to expect I should pay the whole de ficiencies myself. The Shareholders were almost unanimous in the opinion that his lordship ought to pay every farthing. They pulled out their shares, and said they were ready to receive their money. They - came prepared, and they expected not to be any longer hum bugged. One of them, however, observed, that his lordship would act a very foolish part in disposing of his property in such a manner to gentlemen, all of whom had embarked in the concern in the hope of a premium, and most of whom, be be lieved, had purchased the sharer at a heavy discount. Mr. ANNICHINI said, that Mr. Hendricks had stated as a reason for not coming to a settlement, that Lord Teynham and another director owed him between 400/. and 500/. Lord Teywnsm.—Tlat belongs to another transaction. It has nothing to do with this ; it refers to shares in another com pany. A Shareholder.---My Lord, if I don't get the money for toy shares what I paid, I'll bring an action against you, that I via Oh Lord how can a Lord act in that 'ere ray. Lord Tkvismast, who sat with his hat off, close to the per son who uttered this threat, and who sat With his hat on, re spectfully assured . him, that e v er y thi ng s h ou ld b e d one to get the whole of his money restored to him. In the mean time, his Lordship recommend ed that / the Jew who had thus addiessed him would be for the present satisfied with his share of the money which remained at the banker's. " Ay," said the Shareholder, " I'll take dat ; but if I don't get de rest, I'll go into de court wid it." ' • Another Shareholder.—My Lord, here's a printer's bill of tip wards of 50/. • Lord TErr►uAM.--Oh, I have nothing to do with that. God knows, I have enough to do with the shareholders. A Jew Shareholder.-1 hope, my Lord, you are not a director in any other mining company? Lord TEvniAm..- . —No, thank God. I never regretted any thing so much in my life as my connection with city companies. " Ay, ay," said one of .the Shareholders, with a red face and dirty shirt, " you are a Director for all that. Why, you belong , to the Kentish Railway Company." Lord TEYNIEAM.—I am a Director, but it is an honorary one; I have no responsibility upon me. .. The Shareholder smiled familiarly at Lord Teynham, who said —" I have certainly acted most foolishly in giving my sanction to those things, but I have been punished for it. It has been a source of hitter regret. I have made every inquiry into the nature of the mining speculations since I have found myself in error, and I have ascertained, beyond a doubt, that mining in South America is all nonsence. I spoke with an intelligent Captain the other day upon the subject, And he assured me that in the new mining dis tricts the roads were filled with broken carts, broken tools, and drunken Englishmen and Scotchmen."--(Loud laughter.) A Shareholder.—Well, my Lord, we'll thank you for the little that comes to us. Lord Trvi.rnaxt.—Now, Gentlemen, there are Gill. wanting. That will be about 701. a-piece amongst the Directors. lam ready, and so is Captain Curzon, to pay a fair proportion. A Shareholder—Very well, my,Lord, we'll take your share now, if you please., Lord Trixtraxv—UPon my word, you will not.• You don't think that I'll pay without being indemnified. " God bless you," said the shareholder, " you'll be quite dear. Come, you and the Captain here can give us your proportions, and that will be doing the thing decently." Lord Teynham would not consent, without being indemnified according to law. A Shareholder then moved, that the sum of 31. 43. Upon each share should he accepted by the shareholders in part payment of the deposit money. This motion was agreed to unanimously. It was also proposed, that'on the 2d of June, the shareholders should again meet, for the purpose of receiving whatever might be collected from the Directors. —This was also agreed to. Some of the shareholders cried out, " I say, my Lord, my Lord, I wish we may get it."—(Laughter, in which Lord Teynham joined.) Here a Gentleman who held shares called for a glass of brandy and water, and sat down next to Lord Teynham. " You had bet ter, my Lord," said he, "send off to the bankers, for the little mo ney there ; we'll have it now, if you please." " Ay, ay," said a Jew shareholder, "ye vou't go vidout it. Go down, my Lord, to de bankers and get it." • Lord TZYNHAX then sent to the bankers, but word was brought back that the check must be countersigned by Mr. Hendrick. The Shareholders who were waiting with great impatience for the return of the mescienger, were thunderstruck at this intelligence. They began to give all up for lost. A Solicitor, who attended upo ete n ni t t h h e oef p c ar ßo t imin o iku f ritius o ,pi n ots e ne o rss f h t ol h vul e hdattade direc tors, suggested the propriety of waiting until Mr. Hendrick's ex abpneehlienneadoinoastel NiVtbitinehfiogtrhheet the Commissio ners out t hiE fioo iad been purchased by the bank rupt by the desire of the directors. Lord TEYNIIAM said, there was no occasion for waiting, as the shares bed been properly disposed of. • Lord TEYNIIAM then said, he would himself go to the bankers. The shareholders cheered up at this intimation. His Lordship then left the room, accompanied by a shareholder on each vide. A Sharehol6r walked over to Captain Curzon, who was bare headed, and said, " Well, Captaiu, any naval promotions this year ?" The Captain was astonished. He said he Was not aware of any. The Shareholder pulled his chair dose to that of the Captain. and with his hat on, began to discuss the conditions of the naval power of France and of that of England. " The French," said .he, " have 50 sail of the line ready- to start, and if there is, such thing as a war, John Bull will have to look sharp." The Captain obserVed, that there might be some di ffi culty in • . . manning the French ships effectually. His Lordship at this moment returned, and informed the meet. ing that all was right. There was a general cry of joy at this in telligence. Ills Lordship then took the shares from the holders, who gave" a receipt on the back of them, which is a complete bar to any , future action for the recovery of the remainder of the deposits. The first person who received a check from his Lordship, made but one spring towards the door, and he was out of sight in an ' instant. The rest of the company were equally quick in their move ments. One of the shareholders, upon receiving his money, took his Lordship by the hand, " Well, my Lord," said he, " God bless you, I'll see you again on the 2d of June." The business being concluded, Lord Teynham and his son re tired.. His Lordship having frequently during his exertions de clared, that he had never derived any advantage from the Com pany, one of the Shareholders, upon leaving the room, said, "My skull and eyes ! if I don't become a director myself." Between 1,000/. and 2,000/. was paid away in the room by his Lordship He and his son, and Mr. Annichini, were the di rectors upon whose responsibility the money was drawn. LONDON 11 , 141 RK PRICE OP lIRN:An. The highest price of !tread in the Metropolis, it 91d. for the 41b.loal—there are t Sheri who sell from 4 hal/pcnuy to+ twopence halfpenny below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAS!' WEE::: English. lri,h. Il'oreigrne Wheat 4,730 - S4O Barley ' 4,849 • , Malt 4,17i -- Oats • 8,371 5,e65 'lye. - - Beans • . • f435 - Peas - Tares ... i", t) - Rapeseed - - -- Brdnk ... - - Mustard ..• --- - Seeds - Linseed ... --- -- Flour ~ - 260' 410 *T -- --1.) I • SEEDS, April 17. New English R. C It, re r, pet cw1...46s 64s 676—fine 7" Old Ditto New Foreign ditto 4ss 57. 60s—tine lids old (lino ditto .New Whiteditt., 511 57% 63C—fine 73 1 .• Old ditto . - '9s 41s 45s—tine 50 , NewTrefuil.. per cwt 9.1 s 2.l63os —fine —4 Old ditto 7s 13s 191—litre 211 New Itibgt ass Old ditto lss 30s 366—tine- - s English Catraway Seeds Foreign ditto 255.30 s —s-,tine.- - i Coriander do. St.Foin.... per 41 36s 403—line 41s Bye-Grass '4s 30s—fine 83. —s Pacey ditto " - '3Bs 42s—fine 4G' —lt Linseed for feeding ' 37$ 40s—tine 414 Milo, for crushing • " 32. 34.—tine —$ Canary Seed , 7tA inis— , uld 7is s4i White Mustard Seed.. poi !,,,shrl.... las 20s—fine —4 Brown ditto Titriiip Seeds • 10s I.ls pe.....line ifis 'fates 3s 45 , —new 5s Gs Rape Seed ....per last —l-1 221 i . ,!..-11 —a Ni WGATE AND LEADENIIALL MAtits.l.TS, 'it pril 17. By Om CtleitSC• Beef 3s Oil to 4s 4,1 1 Vval 3s Oil to Zis 0 , 1 Mottos ..... 3s 41i 10 4s tad i Porl - .... 3s 8,110 51 4st Lamb, Sp Oti to Gs Bd. —......--- —1nf..... 70s 041 to g 5 Oct _ sm;THFI Ll.O HAY .N 1 AItF.P.T, Alai: 1,, ( - 1 "r , r, 0 • 90s Od to loos Od Hay, Old si. 0 4 to 9 0 ° " —New 1n f. (55 . O d to 801 Oti —New —s od to —6Ol st raw .... jai Oil ts. 44sOd ST. JAM FSS. Os Od Os Hay ti Od to lOos Od Cl ort r' . .7as od to 10 New Ditto —s ad to —, s ad. s now .: .36s od to O s thi. Wl-11T :1-1.-‘ E I , Ei Clover SG. 04 to I lo s Oil flay ~. .. 60 ud to 1 ,,c) Od I Straw 36s Od to /Ps Od f„f :i 7 j .... -14221221....:22ti PRICE OF 'not's, April 17 ' 121 Ix, tai PI to, to 1 51 OS Per ctrl. Os to 111 11. to PO I - s prr cwt. k Kent 121 Os to Isl Os to 14 1 us Prr Sucsex ce t 1 1 : 1 91 : 1 ::•.. thiOs to 2110.--Secoods, i5l 04 to 18 ' .- prat 11,74 Susstx "Igs - . 101 10s to 1111 Is --I 04 pj co't Essex Baas it A %V' WOES. Besl Hei kis & Steer. dwr At. Ortlinztry .... la f/t1 to 2$ 0 1 24 ad to 2s Sc Market Call ..racli.. 76 ea, Nliddlitigs SHEEP SKIT S• POI It(' 04 Downs 2s Oil 1.13$ lid I Lambs O s o t t to os Od' l'lttUL OF 1.1'.A I 111.:1:. Butts, 50 to 56111 s each pet 11, tqll to soii Ditto, 56 to 6611(s eii4:ll nest Dresiing Hidei 17(1 to 194 Oolonsoil Hides ' 14ct to IGO Cr9pllides, 35 to 41511 ts for cutting. Ditto .... 40 to 4 5163 --d W --4 Ditto .... 45 to 5011,s Calf Skins..-It; to 4011,a Ditto 50 to 7011), .... Dino - 0 to 6011)4 Sed to 954 Small Seal* (Cireettlantl) Large dil to l4d I. 17a . 'fanned Horse Hides SpaniA florae Hi.lei PItICI I ...S OF TA LA.() w, s Teiwil Tallow 3tis od —s Od Yellow Russia 34s 6,1 -s (id White dilto.. 3f;s Ud —s Soap dittn. :ps V. —1 0(1 Melting Stuff etis Oit ocl Ditto !tough.. 0:1—i oil l' s &v.. per t 11.11i.—Apr 1 11 4 , e Yellow Soap . 90' I Mottled Curd 32s°' . 1 rareb Cowl I)i.v 00" gr. PR IC KOF ( N 1 )1 . 14 .h M 1 . ), 0W Price fir Cikiltiles, per dozen, ti, till ;I 7 , 6d ' iln7,!p for ready nmtley. PRICE t)1 0 RAW FAT; per Slone of 811).—April 14 Price pf 1 allow, {a s it ,l _b y the: 'allow Mriters), 411. COAT. MARKET, APiur, 17. A astir's, 31s--Xurdon, 30s 141—Beaumont,• 294—Coxlvtig,/ 32% 3d -- Felling Alain, 29s— Heaton, 33s 3:1 to 334 tad—lfrr well, 30s 6d—Killingworth, 32s to 32s.titl—Liddell's Main , ~-Newburn, 303 6d—Pelo.W, 32s—Perey East, 285 , -P"r r Windsor, 21Is 3d—Sliipeote, 2/Is—Tanticlil Moor, 314 aur t , Townley, 3ls—Willington, 33s 6a—ltryiani, 31s End Bell and Co. lid-11Pa11s End Bensham, Walls End Bewicke and co. 33s 911. to 364—Walls End Brown:li' 32s—Walls End Green's, 31335 V End Hotspur, —Walls End Newniatell, ticl--Walls End Northumber land, 32s—Walls End Peareth, 31%- I ,Valls- End :- Riddelln d 345 6d—Walls End Rus.ell's, 3-is :',(l to . 3-14 Walker, 32s 6d—Russell's B e tton small, ltis•Cl,-Wags . Stewart's small, Lis Ms—Walls End ,Latnbton to 165 6,1-'--Tantield Trader, 31s- - ---Cciwpen, 37s—llartley, 3N—Eden Alain. 33s- •Montague , 21 1; Lyon's Main, 335 tti 33s 6d—Russell's Lyon's Main , 344 3.!,4,1 &slum Main; 234 9d—Walls ,End iletton, 37s—Walls _ Lyon's, 34s—Walls End Lambton, 375—Walls EndStewaro:, 375--; Ifussell's Denotes Walls End, 375—Ord'a RedhP6 ll, —Ships at Inialz,t, 11 . 2 —Ships sold, 79.1. BIRTH. At Brighton, on the 16th, Mrs. J. G. Lockhart, of a son. On the 15th hast., at her father's house, lED. in urnont-stree, Katherine, second daughter of Sir Robert Alexander, Bart. , a g IS years. At The house of his son-in-law, Mr. Weller, of the Cheltenbiln Literary Saloon, in the 66th year of his age , 'ISIr' JOhn Soutbrt; den, late of Rye, in Sussex. It is singular that Mr. Southerae°d eldest son , who had been a broad nearl y five and twenty yests':a-a 13ea od had not during that reriod seen any membe r of his family', arrived in Chelteuhatri but two hours after' the decease of his, Isn len father, .. • Printed rind Published for the Pnopttfrrotte, t., h * SOP' OFF ICE, No. 11'2, Strand by J. B. CAREI;r4IPS•